ComPair detects gamma rays with energies between 200,000 and 20 million electron volts. Visible light’s energy falls between 2 and 3 electron volts, for comparison. Supernovae and powerful explosions ...
image: Team members work on the ComPair balloon instrument before it begins thermal vacuum chamber testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. ComPair project manager Regina ...
NASA is preparing to launch the ComPair balloon-borne science instrument from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, to test innovative technologies for detecting gamma rays, the most energetic form of light.
A team in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is preparing to fly a balloon-borne science instrument called ComPair, which will test new technologies for detecting gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light.
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